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llHCAPTt IUC OK RIKA r VIXAUF.
. FARM MAKKfl POHITIONH IJFT.
TKH AM STROXGKH
BRITISH WRECK BRIDGES
While FVonl Quit AfUH Turrlble
OmUugliU l.jr Hints Who Muffer
Rover Loaeas
With tha UritUb Army. Apr. 19.
The British have established (heir
Una west of lloheruq by ra apturlns
Riant d it Vlnaa? farm. The Ger
mane ara bombarding Kemmel hill
preparatory o frenh assaults today.
Eihausted by (hair yestnrday'e it
Ucka on (ho Givenchy-U llae
front, (ha Germans spent a quiet
nlxht.
l-ondon. Apr. 19. The British
have destroyed the brldgea thrown
serosa Im Basses ranal by (ho enemy.
Pari. Apr. 19. Tha French Isst
night reduced German machine rub
nests on tba front of yesterday's at
tack southeast of Amiens.
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Springfield. III., Apr. I . Al
though Alsace-l.orraine la by no
maana tba only obstacle to peace, no
peace can torn, Uiula Aubert of tba
French high commission declared In
i speech here I ant nlxht, until tha
tarrltory wreetod from Frsnre near
ly a half-century am. la restored.
"Th return of Alsace-Lorraine to
France,1' ha aald. "would comment
orate tba victory of tha principle for
which we ara fighting. When llerr
von Kuchlmann, or Count Caernln.
proclaim that Alaaca-I.orralne la tha
only obstacle to peace, do not believe
them. . . Hut no peace la pns
alble without tha result of Alsace and
terrains to France for tha brutal
severance of these French province
waa tha flrat crime of the new Her
man empire against democracy and
out of that crime have coma all the
other that hava aatounded the
world."
AlHTIUAN I'KOI'I.K AIIK
RKADY FOR PKACK
Amsterdam. Apr. 19. Tha T)o
graaf reporta that the German ao
ciallst party In Auatrla hai decided
that work ahall be stopped on May 1
throughout tha country and that
demonstrations In favor or peace
ahall be held.
GERMANY WOULD QUIT
, ' TI1K AIR RAID GAM K
1,ondon, Apr. IS. A Rauter's dls
patch from Amsterdam, aaya that
according to advices from Berlin
during yesterday's sitting of the
relchstng, llerr Besche suggested
msklng an agreement with the alllea
to cease making aerial ralda on open
towna. A government representa
tive replied that no request hither
to had come from tha alllea, but that
ahnnld one come It would be exam
Ined by tba military authorltlei .
IS
NOW A PILE OF RUINS
Paris, Apr.' 10. nimliuH ha been
n fire for a wock. It la nothing now
hut a great pile of smoking ritlna.
During the week the Hermann fired
over 100,000 shells Into the heart
er the. city.
ITALIA
FIGHT 111 FRANCE
AuniHiiM-tMiiPiit of Italian Filthier"
on Motitheni Hank .Merta With
ApplaiiM In ltoHillti
'Home, Apr. 19. Premlur Orlando
haa announced that Italian troopa
will ba aent to tha battle front In
Franca. t
Tha announcement In tha Cham
ber of leuullea waa greeted with a
storm of applauae.
Waahlngton, Apr. II. Tha Ital
ian embaaay haa announced that Ital
ian reglmenta ara already In Franca
and form tha right wing of tha allied
armlet,
IThla places thmu on tha extreme
aouth of tha French lines and prob
ably releasee American troopa who
have been atatloned there In train
ing.) .
Explaining the apparent anamoly
of sending Italian troopa to France
while French and llrlllah troopa are
In Ituly, military experta aald that
Italy ha many aoldleri available If
properly equipped and maintained.
The alllea have furnished thin.
by
Waahlngton, Apr. It. Tha gov
ernment haa taken over the big
planta of the Roach Magneto Co., of
Massachusetts and New Jeraey. The
company waa completely owned by
alien enemlva.
ROGUE III V Kit APPI.KM ,
DIWXHKUK.D IX FHAXt'F.
In a letter Just received by the
Rev, 1. K. Hammond from hla aon,
Adjutant V. Ward Hammond, from
France, the tetter aaya: "I had the
pleasure the other day of eating
some Rogue River apples. This goes
to ahow what a little place thla old
world la. I waa much surprised when
I found what they were. It seems
that the fruit growers' association
sent them over for the Y. M. C. A. to
distribute free to the soldiers. The
apples came from the Triangle or
chard near Medford. They were fine
and beat anything In thla market by
a long way." Ashland Tidings.
UF.H.MANM OFFF.lt HKWAItll
FOR AI.MKH' PIM H'A1 A N I IHTS
With the American Army In
Frnnce. April. 19. The aiilvltlea of
the German military authorities In
suppressing propaganda, at home are
shown lrthe following quotation
from a oVrman bulletin, which has
been received at American headqunr-.
tars:
"Baron von Oayl, general com
manding tha Seventh German army
corps In Mnenster., offera 3.000 marks
to the person who first succeeds In
Implicating an English or American
sirent aulltv of Inciting disturbances
or revolutions In this district, In
such a manner that he may be con
demned by a court."
HE
Chehnlls, Wash., Apr. The
rurtnry of the Chehalls furniture and
manufacturing company was burned
today with an estimated loss of
1110,000. It Is believed to have
been Incendiary.
London, Apr. 1. The coronation
mantle of the king of Bohemln.
which long ago" mysteriously disap
peared, has Just been discovered In
a little tthop owned by an old wom
an -who has been guarding and treasuring-
It devotedly, says n Central
News dispatch from Praamo.
GRANTS PAM. JOWEPU1XE OOCWTT,
BRITISH LI STANDS
FIRM BEFORE TEUT
Line is Beet Bat Not Broken and German Offensive is
Checked and in Danger of Failure; Six German Divisions
Thrown Into Eleven Mile Front Near Givecchy
Umdon, Apr. 1.--Tlie Germans
were repulsed yesterday In attacking
around Olvanchy. After heavy losses
lhay had sac u red only a limited foot
ing on one or two points In the more
advanced Drltlsh defenses. There Is
no change In the entire front.
Attacks on tha British lines on
tba northern part of tha I-ys battle
area souh of Klmniel were repulsed.
Tha night waa comparatively quiet
except for the artillery fire.
Bit different German divisions.
(approximately 120,000 men) were
engaged In the Glvenchy-Ht. Venant
sector attark, on a front of about I Z
miles.
The British captured few pris
oners and soma machine guns In
minor enterprises during he night.
Although the German offensive
launched last week against the Brit
ish lines from Olvenchy to Tprea has
bent back the British front badly In
tha entire area, the offensive stands
checked today and Is In Imminent
danger of ntter failure ao far aa tha
larger results aimed at ara con
cerned. General Halg'a troops met one or
tha most severe tests yet put upon
them yesterday by withstanding the
German effort to broaden the aallent.
They came through tha ordeal with
flying colors.
From Glvenchy to St. Venant. on
an 11 -mile sector, tha German troops
were hurled against the British In
masses attempting to break through
behind B ethune and compel, the
British to fall back. Tha defensive
line held. The British line Is now
declared to be more secure than It
haa been for daya.
Further desperate efforts are ex
pected as the Germans are In too
much of an exposed position ' from
enfilading gunfire In the narrow sa
lient to rest comfortably,
By Associated Press
Reinforced by French troops, the
allied line Is holding hard against
further Incursions by the Germans
In the region of 1. Bassee to the
south of Ypres.
TO START PROJECT
John Dub u Is, engineer for this Ir
rigation! district, waa In Gold Hill
looking after the project at that
place. The Gold Hill project will
soon be In ahape for the calling of
bids and the letting of construction
contracts. ' ''
The Gold Hill project, which Joins
I the extreme' eastern end of the
Grants Pass project, will construct a
canal large enough to supply both
districts. This Is the Intention at
least, and depends somewhat npon
I the answer which the federal board
at San Francisco gives to the peti
tion of the Grants Past district for
the Issuance of bonds. The answer
is expected any day.
But Gold Hill la going ahead with
their work and will be In shape
when this district Is ready to com
mence. .'efferson City, Mo Apr. . Ten
thousand persons yesterday viewed
the body of the late Senator William
J. 8tone, which, for several hours,
lay In state In the rotunda of the
capol. The cortege loft here IbrI
nlRht for Nevada, Mo., where inter
ment wilt take place this afternoon
umkT Maaonlc. auspices.
A company of home guards and a
large delegation of civilians acted as
I guards of honor while the body wnt
In" the city.
OKHUON, FRIDAY, APRIL
(everywhere the Germans have
struck tha Una In an endeavor to
press back tha defenders they have
been repulsed with heavy losses and
have bean successful nowhere In
gaining further ground.
Attacka of an extraordinarily vio
lent nature are being thrown by the
Germans on ten-mile front between
Glvenchy and Robecq, where an
deavor Is being made to cross the La
Bassee canal and bend southward
the salient which now outflanks the
Important railroad town of Bethune.
A division of troops to each mil la
being used by tba Germans on this
sector, but the British, at last ac
counts were holding and Inflicting
heavy losaea on the enemy.
If successful, the new attack of the
Germans would Jeopardize the entire
Arras sector) which Includes the fs
mous French coaling region about
Lens, and tha equally famoua Vlmy
ridge, where the Canadians are hold
ing forth.
It seems evident that thla la part
of the strategy of the German high
command to wipe out the salient by
an enveloping move, rather than
again to gfve battle to the British
about 1-ens and Vlmy, two regions
that already have proved slaughter
houses- tor thalr men. .
' Following the usual custom prior
to the launching of an attack, the
Germane throughout Wednesday
night, literally rained shells of all
calibres between Glvenchy and Ro
becq, the firing by daybreak having
reached the Intensity of drumfire.
Large quantltlea of gas shells were
Intermingled with the high-powered
missies.
During Thursday, midway netween
Ballteul and Tprea, the Germans rig
oronsly attacked the British posl
tlons aouth of Kemmel, which the
British had recaptured from them on
Wednesday, but were unable to gain
any advantage In the face of the
strong defense.
Considerable fighting hag develop
ed along the front In the northern
Flanders between Langemarck and
Klppe, held by the Belgians.
TS
WOMEN ALIEN BILL
Washington. Apr. 19. President
Wilson today signed the hill extend
Ing the provisions of the espionage
act to women, requiring womeu
aliens to register.
HTItlKK IX SYMPATHY
I WITH UfMtVKV
Newport, R. I., Apr. Govern
ment munition plants here will be
affected by a strike of all union inn
chlnlHta In this district which has
been called by labor leaders to be ef
fective for 24 hours, beginning May
I. The strike is In protest against
the death sentence of Thomas J.
Mooney, In connection with the fatal
explosion at the San Francisco pre
pared nesa parade.
IRISH TO IHTTKKLY
" HK8IST COXSCHH'TIOX
l.ohdon, Apr. 19. The leaders of
the nationalists In Ireland, including
the Redmondltea, who are now led
by John Dillon, the Sinn Feiuers.
O'Brlenltea, l.auorltes and Clericals,
are united In their determination to
resist conscription "by the most ef
fective means at our disposal,'' which
la the wording of a resolution passed
at a meeting of bishops nt Maynnoth
yesterday
IB. 1IH.
HOUSE
APPROVES
MARINE
INCREASE
Bohllera Increased to 75,000 aad
Will Go to FresM-h Front In
Near Future
Waahlngton. Apr. !. The house
naval affairs committee haa agreed
to Increase the marina corps to 75.
000 men and to provide a major gen
eral of marinas to accompany them
to the French front This . matter
has been before eongreas for some
time and thai action waa not unex
pected. Anticipating tha call, a ma
rina training school for officers has
been established on each coast and
Is already at work. The present
strength of the marines Is about
40,000.
1 TURK ARMY IS
London. Apr. ,19. On the Cau
casus front the Turka In an Invasion
of former Russian territory ars ap
proaching the city of Kara. In cap
turing Datum the Turks took 150
gunsand 3.000 prisoners. '
JKXXIK KAXK1X ItKFVSKD
PKRM1S8IOX TO TALK
Deer Lodge, Mont., Apr. 19. Miss
Jeannette Rankin, of Missoula, Mon
tana's representative In congress.
was refused permission to speak In
Deer Lodge last night, where she
had been ached uled to give a liberty
loan speecn. ..
' A meeting Of citizens Voled not to)
permit Miss Rankin to speak here.
baaing their action on her alleged as
sociation at a liberty loan meet Ins at
Butte Wednesday with men who had
been prominent last summer in a
mining strike, and who were accused
of I. W. W. affiliations. .
luiia ra
HAVE BEEN SAVED
New York, Apr. 19. Open ports
on the lower decks of the Lusltanla
were largely responsible for the ulti
mate loss of the ship after she had
een hit by a German torpedo, in
the opinion of Frederick J. Gaunt
lett. one of the surviving passengers
who testified yesterday In the pro
ceeding brought by the Ctinard
Steamship company to be relieved of
liability In connection with damage
suits, amounting to $6,000,000.
Mr. Ganntlett said that he was In
the dining room when the ship was
hit and that there was only one ex
plosion. He shonted to the stewards.
he testified, to close the air ports,
most of which were open, hut they
were not flosed. he said."
CHARGES AGAINST
Chicago, 111., Apr. 19 The charge
against Professor William Thomas, a
University of. Chicago professor, and
Mrs. H, M. Groope, wife of an army
officer, who were arrested recently
In a room In a Chicago hotel, was
dismissed today. The Judge ruled
that the fact that they were found In
a room together did not constitute
disorderly conduc In the hoel.
ASHLAXO PKKPAKIXCi
FOR DIG ROI XIM'P
Ashland. Apr. 19. On Sunday af
ternoon. April 21. the preliminary
Itrynut of bucking bronchos will take
place nt the round-up grounds on
Butler field. This will be n free-for-all
show, and reserved seats will be
available to all who get there early.
WHOM; NUMBER 8339.
LIBERTY m
QUOTA ALMOST
RfACHEDTODAY
BIT 910,000 KUMAIX8 TO Ral
MADE IP TO RK-fMIinwH
THE BAXk
APRIL 2B SET FOB LIBERTY DAT
PreaidMit lasues Irucliuna41oti Ask.
ing Watlosi to OoaxontnM to Pat
Over Liberty Loaa
At tha close of buslneaa today a
total of J95.950 la Liberty bonds
had been aubscribed for la Josephine '
county. ' The three banks hava guar
anteed the entire allotment of 10s
000, and there remains to be sub
scribed tha sum or $10,050 to pay
back tha banks the amounts that
they have advanced.
With the voluntary subscriptions
in and the county canvassed the com
mittee will check np all purchases
and pick out those who have not
subscribed. The committee will call
on' these early next week and every
one will be given a chance to sub
scribe. "No slackers will be overlooked,"
said Frank C. Bramwell, chalrmaa
of the committee thla afternoon. "Wa
will check up on our questionnaires
and everyone who haa not subscrib
ed and who Is able to buy bonds will
'w.,...
"-" - ';
Washington, Apr. 1$. Friday
April 2. will be "Liberty ' day"
throughout the United States, under
a proclamation Issued last night by
President Wilson, calling on cltlseas
of every community to hold liberty
loan rallies, and "liberally pledge
anew their financial support to ana
tain tha nation's cause."
Patriotic demonstrations, similar
to those of the opening day of the
campaign, will he held on April tl,
and the day devoted to giving ths
race toward the three billion dollar
war credit goal a new Impetua for
the final week.
Now with the loan campaign also
almost half over. $1,08,794.900 sub
scriptions hare been reported to the
treasury and committees 'n every
district have received orders to make
extraordinary efforts to gather In.
pledges faster, in the hopes of meet
ing Secretary McAdoo's expression
hope for an oversubscription of tha
three billion dollar minimum.
Sunday, April 21, will be devoted
by thousands of preachers to special
liberty loan sermons. The treasury
has received a flood of letters from
ministers promising their support of
the loan campaign on that day.
San Francisco. Apr. IS. One hun
dred and hlrty Oregon cities and one
county have been awarded honor
flags. Honor stars, designating; 100
per cent over-subscription have been
awarded Carlton and Cornelius.
BRITAIN, FRANCE AND
URUGUAY SIGN TRKATY
Montevlleo, Apr.- 19. Treaties
providing for ?ompulsory arbitra
tion between Uruguay and Franca
and Great Britain have been signed.
OREGON MAY GET
BETTER FREIGHT RATE
Washington, Apr. 19. The inter
state commerce commission has ten
tatively approved the filing of new
rates on canned goods from Oregon,
Washington and Idaho points In car
load shipments to various destina
tions In Manitoba and Ontario.